Marshmallow Dress

Huirou loves her dresses.

Oops, I think Huirous her dresses, because every time we dressed up to go out, she gets very excited.

Me? I like her Marshmallow dress. It is all pastel and have these little flowers sticking out, as if they are just as eager to see new things, and meet new people as Huirou.

I should think about dressing her more often this way...

"Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes"

I had a realisation this morning as I was singing with Huirou the song "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes".

The baby books all mentioned it: Babies heads are disproportionately large .... but I didn't know that it means:

She couldn't reach the top of her head with her hands.

Funny, how we get used to seeing baby with short limbs. And funnier when I imagine I have her proportions. Surely that will make me veeery smart.

Learning to Drink from Sippy Cup

Today was a hot day. It was so hot that we didn't even want to drive out; so we hid in our room with the air conditioner on full blast. With nothing else to do, I tried to teach Huirou to drink from a sippy cup, with hilarious results... ....


She was doing so well at first. I would even say she was excited about her new skill. She dropped the bottle quite a number of times, because the bottle was too big for her little hands. But she managed to drink with the sippy cup.



After a few sips though, she started tossing her bottle away. And gave the bottle such an intense look of disgust, it was funny to look at. I think the fact that it contain ONLY WATER annoys her. or maybe she just wasn't thirsty anymore??


So cute, right?

CNY 2008 pictures ....

Old Uncle #3 gave Huirou this big red packet. After she figured out that all the angpows are for her she just mouths them... ... Ughh



There are soooo many places to go. And we have a lot of time in the car to take pictures. When we reach our destination, usually Huirou gets oohed and aahed at, that nobody remembers to take any photos :P



Other than Aunty Yoke Sim lar



Or me (Hubs: If you are reading this, it means I AM COMPLAINING)







- Additonal Photos taken whenever -

Jab Day and 5 months

How time flies. Hui Rou is 5 months old. We went for her jabs again on the 2nd, and as usual the paed evaluated her as part of her well-baby visit.

Hui Rou's "report" is as below,

1. weighs 6.4 kg (+ 0.30)
2. Measures 65 cm; but one of her aunties still insists that she's Ms Tiny.
3. Squeals in delight while playing.
4. Grabs things consistently and accurately, in raking motion.
5. Loooves to suck on her index finger. She puts it so far into her mouth, she gags. Sigh ... ...
6. Readily recognizes voices that she likes (namely, mine)
7. She will now prefer to hold our fingers, than our clothing while being held.
8. Still sleeps in our bed, coz I have 15 reasons that it is good; and one that it ain't. (go ahead and laugh at me)
9. Still only take very short naps; I've decided to give up on trying to get her to nap more. She sleeps at 8pm till 8am anyways. That's normal, right?


Another thing. When the paed gave her her jab, she just gave a little eek. I was so proud. Even the nurses were amazed. Somemore she was smiling and playing on the way out. She's always like that, happy-go-lucky. She very rarely throw tantrums, or even cry. My girl's a good, happy baby and I am trying very very hard to keep her that way. And as the days go by, I now cannot imagine what it was like before she arrived. And next month, she starts solids. Gonna be fun....

GongXi FaCai

Happy happy happy Chinese New Year to everybody!!

This is HuiRou's first Chinese New Year (can you tell I like all her firsts?) We ate too much. HuiRou played too much and of course received lots of ang pows.

First, we went to Granma's house in Pulau Ketam to have reunion dinner. We met with all her uncles and aunties. Then the next day, we the long trip to Ipoh to Granpapa's house where we meet more people.

She doesn't yet know what's going on though the jolly mood seems to have made her extra happy too. She's so happy she's not eating (distracted lar!) and she's not sleeping (overexcited lar!). But luckily this smart mama have the ultimate weapon to make her sleep ....... turn out all the lights!! Then she just falls asleep like a stone. Works every time. But how to make her eat more ah?

So since there's no cables here to transfer any pictures here (Huirou's grandpapa's house) , y'all keep coming back for the photos, ya?